Jones Runner-Up at 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Jennifer Jones (Winnipeg, CAN) lost 8-7 to Amber Holland (Kronau, SK) in the Final of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, held February 19 - 27, 2011 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

Jones finished 8-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Jones defeated Marie-France Larouche (Levis, PQ) 7-6, then won 12-1 against Kerry Galusha (Yellowknife, Y/NWT). Jones went on to lose 9-3 against Holland. Jones responded with a 9-3 win over Andrea Kelly (Oromocto, NB). Jones went on to lose 8-6 against Suzanne Birt (Charlottetown, PEI). Jones responded with a 10-2 win over Kelly Scott (Kelowna, BC). Jones won 10-4 against Stacie Devereaux (St. John's, NL), then won 7-4 against Rachel Homan (Ottawa, ON). Jones went on to lose 8-5 against Cathy Overton-Clapham (Winnipeg, MB). Jones responded with a 9-4 win over Heather Smith-Dacey (Halifax, NS). Jones won 8-5 against Shannon Kleibrink (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Jones take home 30.000 world rankings points, remaining in 1st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 23.55 after improving upon their best so far this season. Jones ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 181.150 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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